Defence`s Feeds

The Intelligence Authorization Act for 2022, placed on the Senate calendar in early August, quietly revives the debate on the

Within a few days of Saudi foreign minister and defence industry businessman Faisal bin Farhan Al Saoud's trip to Paris

Turkey might have been expected to rethink its ambitions in Afghanistan given the Taliban's rapid sweeping to power. But Ankara

The Intelligence Authorization Act (IAA) for 2022, introduced to the Senate on 4 August, raises the issue of how space

On 13 August, KPMG Norway won a public call for tenders launched in May by the Norwegian parliament, the Storting,

Under CEO Shalev Hulio's watchful eye, NSO Group's communications and financial departments have had a busy summer. While the company's PR officials spent their time limiting the fallout from the revelations, denied by NSO, that its Pegasus system had been

The Intelligence Authorization Act for 2022, placed on the Senate calendar in early August, quietly revives the debate on the

Within a few days of Saudi foreign minister and defence industry businessman Faisal bin Farhan Al Saoud's trip to Paris

Turkey might have been expected to rethink its ambitions in Afghanistan given the Taliban's rapid sweeping to power. But Ankara

The Intelligence Authorization Act (IAA) for 2022, introduced to the Senate on 4 August, raises the issue of how space

On 13 August, KPMG Norway won a public call for tenders launched in May by the Norwegian parliament, the Storting,

Americas

The US Navy announced, that it has finished a test of its first littoral combat ship-based unmanned mine detection system. The Unmanned Influence Sweep System designed for the LCS has a mine countermeasures unmanned surface vehicle, or MCM USV, and a towed minesweeping payload to sweep magnetic or acoustic mines, the Program Executive Office for Unmanned and Small Combatants.

The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford has departed from Norfolk Naval Station to Newport News Shipyard for planned maintenance. According to a statement, the six-month maintenance period, called a Planned Incremental Availability, which includes modernization, maintenance and repairs, was slated to serve as the final maintenance phase prior to the warship’s anticipated inaugural deployment next year.

Middle East & Africa

Russian claims of Turkey being in the ‘final stages’ of a deal to buy a second batch of S-400 air defense system is false, a Turkish official has said. Russian state arms supplier Rosoboronexport General Director Alexander Mikheev reportedly told Russian state media on Monday that the consultations between Turkey and Russia on a new supply of the S-400s were at the “final stage.”

The German Bundeswehr ordered a tethered balloon-based area reconnaissance system worth $24.7 million for protecting a forward operating base in Niger. The Ka-52M is considered a competitor to the US-made Apache. First of these helicopters will be handed over to the Russian military in 2022. Deliveries of the upgraded helicopters will begin after passing state joint tests, which started in August, the company said in a statement.

Europe

The Russian Ministry of Defense signed a contract for Kamoc Ka-52M Alligator combat helicopters with Russian Helicopters Holding today during the Army 2021 Forum. The Ka-52M is considered a competitor to the U.S.-made Apache. First of these helicopters will be handed over to the Russian military in 2022. Deliveries of the upgraded helicopters will begin after passing state joint tests, which started in August, the company said in a statement.

Asia-Pacific

A joint fighter exercise between the Indian Air Force and Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) will proceed this year, the Sankei reports. The exercise was supposed to take place at Komatsu base with JASDF F-15s in June last year but postponed due to the pandemic. It was rescheduled to July this year and India’s Su-30MKIs were supposed to train with F-2s Hyakuri. That event was canceled due to the spread of the Delta variant.

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Watch: The Russian Ministry of Defense Orders Ka-52M Helicopters at Army 2021

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Russian forces have conducted special logistics exercises in the Leningrad Oblast in the Baltic ports of Vyborg close to the Finnish border and Ust-Luga near the...

Poland has deployed combat aircraft to Iceland for the first time, the NATO Allied Air Command announced on 25 August.

A General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc (GA-ASI) MQ-9B SkyGuardian medium-altitude, long-endurance (MALE) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has arrived in the UK ahead of...

Indonesia's government has announced a 2022 defence budget of IDR134.1 trillion (USD9.3 billion) amid continuing economic constraints bought about by the Covid-19...

Washington still intends to withdraw all its military troops from Afghanistan by the end of August but is crafting a contingency plan to extend that date into September,...

‘Large Scale Global Exercise (LSGE) 21' underscored the potential Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II short take-off and vertical landing (STOVL) aircraft...

Rostec's Russian Helicopters presented the upgraded Mi-171Sh Storm helicopter at the Army 2021 defence exhibition being held in Kubinka near Moscow from 22–28 August....